# passar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈsaɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

passar (first-person singular present passo, first-person singular preterite passí, past participle passat)
* (intransitive) to pass, to pass by, to go by (to move past)
* (intransitive) to pass as, to be interpreted as
* (intransitive) to happen, to occur
    Synonyms: esdevenir-se, ocórrer, tenir lloc
* (intransitive, of time) to pass, to elapse
    Synonym: transcórrer
* (intransitive) to pass (to come to an end)
    Synonym: cessar
* (intransitive) to pass (to move or be moved from one place to another)
* (intransitive) to become (usually specifying both the beginning state and the ending state)
    Synonym: esdevenir
** 2020 February 10, Daniel Bonaventura, “Necessito abraçades i petons [I need hugs and kisses]”, in Ara‎:Amb el confinament feia mesos que no podia visitar-la i tinc por de passar a ser un desconegut per a la meva pròpia mare.With the lockdown, it's been months since I've been able to visit her and I'm afraid of becoming a stranger to my own mother
* (intransitive) to pass, to go past, to go beyond
* (transitive) to pass, to pass through (to go past, by, over, or through)
    Synonym: travessar
* (transitive) to spend (to use up time)
* (transitive) to experience; to suffer
    passar fred ― to be cold
* (transitive) to pass, to surpass, to exceed
    Synonym: ultrapassar
* (transitive, intransitive, sports) to pass (to move (the ball or puck) to a teammate)
* (intransitive) to pass (in turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn)
* (intransitive) to pass (to decline something that is offered or available)
* (reflexive) to go bad, to spoil
    Les pomes s'han passat. ― Apples have gone bad

#### Derived terms

* passa-racons
* passa-rius
* passador
* passamà
* passamar
* passamuntanyes
* passar per alt
* passar-ho bé
* passar-se
* passat
* passavolant
* qui dia passa, any empeny
* sobrepassar

#### Related terms

* empassar

### Further reading

* “passar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “passar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “passar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “passar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

passar (first-person singular present passo, first-person singular preterite passei, past participle passado, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of pasar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* “passar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

passar
* to pass (move along, go along)
* to pass (something to someone)
* to pass (a law, judgment, etc.)
* to pass, spend (a certain time)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | passar | passar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | passante | passate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | passa | ha passate |
| active | past | passava | habeva passate |
| active | future | passara | habera passate |
| active | conditional | passarea | haberea passate |
| active | imperative | passa | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es passate | ha essite passate |
| passive | past | esseva passate | habeva essite passate |
| passive | future | essera passate | habera essite passate |
| passive | conditional | esserea passate | haberea essite passate |
| passive | imperative | sia passate | |

#### Derived terms

* passar per pass by...
* passar super pass over...
* passar in pass into...
* passar ex pass out of...

#### Related terms

* passage
* passaporto
* passatempore
* compassar
* passato, passate

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German passer, from Old French compas.

#### Noun

passar m (definite singular passaren, indefinite plural passarar, definite plural passarane)
* a pair of compasses

#### See also

* passer (Bokmål)

### Etymology 2

From the verb passe +‎ -ar.

#### Noun

passar m (definite singular passaren, indefinite plural passarar, definite plural passarane)
* a person tasked with keeping watch over or looking after someone.

##### Derived terms

* barnepassar m
* dyrepassar m
* sjukepassar m

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

passar
* present tense of passe

### References

* “passar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* rapsas, raspas

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan passar, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈsa/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

passar
* to pass (by)

#### Derived terms

* passat
* despassar
* otrapassar
* passada
* passadera
* passadoira
* passaire
* passatge
* suberpassar
* subrepassar
* trespassar
* eslorpassar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese passar, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun). Compare Galician and Spanish pasar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈsa(ʁ)/ [paˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈsa(ʁ)/ [paˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paˈsa(ʁ)/ [paˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pas‧sar

### Verb

passar (first-person singular present passo, first-person singular preterite passei, past participle passado)
* (intransitive) to pass; to pass by (to move past) [with por or another positional preposition ‘a location or an object or person at a given location’]
    Já passaram treze carros.Thirteen cars have passed by.
    Não vi ninguém passar pela casa.I didn’t see anyone passing by the house.
** (transitive) to overtake (to move ahead of)
    Synonym: ultrapassar
    O piloto tentou passar o outro carro.The pilot tried to overtake the other car.
** (intransitive or transitive) to cross (to move beyond) [with de or transitive ‘a border, location, object, etc.’]
    Synonyms: cruzar, atravessar
    Se passarmos da fronteira, podemos ser presos.If we pass the border, we could be arrested.
** (intransitive) to cross; to pass; to go over (to become greater in value than) [with de ‘an amount’]
    O preço da maçã passou de trinta centavos durante a seca.The price an apple went over thirty cents during the drought.
    Você já passou dos limites!You have crossed the line!
** (intransitive) to go through (to move from one end through to the other side) [with por ‘something’]
    Synonyms: atravessar, cruzar
    A flecha passou pelo seu coração.The arrow went through his heart.
** (intransitive) to pass (to go unheeded or neglected) [with em or de or por ‘a location or an object or person at a given location’]
    Sementes não passam no portão do aeroporto.Seeds don’t pass the airport gate.
** (intransitive) to stop by (to pay a brief visit) [with em ‘an object at a given location’ or locational pronoun]
    Passarei na casa da mãe antes de ir embora.I’ll stop by mother’s before I leave.
* (transitive) to pass (to move something over to) [with direct object ‘something’, along with para or a or indirect object pronoun ‘to someone’]
    Synonym: alcançar
    Alguém me passa o leite?Can someone pass me the milk?
** (transitive or intransitive, sports) to pass [(optional) with direct object ‘something’, along with para or a or indirect object pronoun ‘to someone’]
    O técnico quer que eu passe para os atacantes.The coach wants me to pass to the strikers.
* (intransitive) to pass (to be over)
    Synonym: acabar
    Demorou anos para a dor nas minhas costas passar.It took years for the pain in my back to go away.
    A época do plantio passou.The time for planting has passed.
** (of time, intransitive, sometimes pronominal) to pass; to elapse
    Passaram(-se) vinte minutos.Twenty minutes had passed.
* (intransitive, auxiliary) to begin, to start (usually referring to something habitual) [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    Synonym: começar a
    Depois do acidente, passei a aproveitar a vida.After the accident, I started to enjoy life.
* (transitive) to spend (to stay somewhere during a given time)
    Synonym: ficar
    Passara uma semana no hospital.She had spent one week in the hospital.
* (transitive) to spend (to do something during a given time) [with direct object ‘an amount of time’ and gerund ‘doing something’]
    Prefiro passar o dia vendo televisão.I prefer spending the day watching television.
* (pronominal) to take place; to happen; to occur
    Synonyms: acontecer, ter, haver, ocorrer
    Parece que se passou algo sério nessa estrada.It looks like something serious took place in this street.
* (intransitive) to pass (to advance through the stages necessary to become valid or effective)
    O pagamento no cartão não passou.The payment with the card didn’t pass.
** (intransitive) to pass (to successfully complete an academic term) [with de ‘a grade, test, etc.’]
    Estudei e mesmo assim não passei.I studied but I still didn’t pass.
    Meu filho idiota não passará da quinta série.My stupid son won’t pass fifth grade.
** (intransitive) to pass (to successfully complete an academic course, subject or test) [with em ‘a test, subject in school, etc.’]
    São poucos que passam no vestibular.Few people pass the university admittance test.
    Querem que eu passe a geografia.They want me to pass geography.
** (transitive) to pass (to make a student pass a term or course)
    O professor não quis passar seus alunos mais preguiçosos.The professor didn’t want to pass his lazier students.
** (intransitive) to pass (to be passable, good enough, acceptable)
    Synonym: servir
    A pizza deles não é lá excelente, mas passa.Their pizza isn’t that excellent, but it passes.
* (transitive) to iron (to unwrinkle clothing using an iron)
    Synonyms: engomar, passar a ferro
    Ela mandou a empregada passar o terno.She told the maid to iron the suit.
* (transitive) to spread; to apply (to rub evenly on a surface)
    Synonym: aplicar
    Passem protetor nos seus rostos.Apply sunscreen on your faces.
* (intransitive) to go through; to undergo; to experience [with por ‘something, usually negative’]
    Haviam passado por muita miséria quando crianças.They had experienced a lot of misery when they were children.
* (intransitive) to be (in a given situation of health) [with bem ‘fine’ or mal ‘badly’]
    Synonym: estar
    Não se preocupe, eu passo bem.Don’t worry, I am fine.
* (transitive) to pass; to spread (to put in circulation)
    Synonyms: circular, espalhar, dispersar
    Começaram a passar rumores.They started spreading rumours.
* (pronominal) to impersonate (to pretend to be something in order to deceive) [with por ‘someone’]
    O bandido está se passando por vítima para fugir daqui.The criminal is pretending to be a victim to get out of here.
* (games, intransitive, transitive) to pass (to decline to play on one’s turn)
    Synonym: (Brazil) pular
    “É a sua vez.” “Passo.”“It’s your turn.” “I pass.”
    Por que você passou a sua vez?Why did you skip your turn?
* (Portugal, informal) (pronominal) to freak out, to go crazy
    Como assim vais sair com esta tempestade sem agasalho? Estás-te a passar? ― What do you mean you're going out in this storm without a coat? Are you going crazy?
    Ela passou-se de vez. ― She went off the deep end.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:passar.

#### Derived terms

* deixar passar
* fazer-se passar por
* ferro de passar
* passação
* passada
* passamento
* passar a mão
* passar a noite em claro
* passar a perna
* passar batido
* passar bem
* passar de ano
* passar dos limites
* passar em branco
* passar pano
* passar por
* passar vergonha
* passatempo
* perpassar
* ultrapassar

#### Related terms

* impasse
* passagem
* passarela
* passo

### Further reading

* “passar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “passar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Verb

passar (first-person singular present passo, first-person singular preterite passé, past participle passado)
* Obsolete spelling of pasar.

## Swedish
### Noun

passar
* indefinite plural of pass

### Verb

passar
* present indicative of passa

### Anagrams

* aspars, raspas, sparas